Greece

  • Dec 31, 2010
  • 2 min read

GREECE: EU support holds up as Pasok's ebbs

The gap between the Socialist (Pasok) government and opposition New Democracy (ND) has halved to...

Greece
  • Dec 24, 2010
  • 2 min read

ITALY: Austerity may encourage anarchist outbursts

Public buildings and embassies tightened security today after yesterday's two parcel bombings at...

Italy
  • Dec 23, 2010
  • 7 min read

EURO-AREA: Cost of euro exit outweighs benefit

EU treaties do not allow euro-area member states to receive bailouts, default on their sovereign...

  • Dec 23, 2010
  • 2 min read

GREECE: Rising public debt imposes unpalatable choices

Early this morning, parliament approved the 2011 budget with a 7.4% of GDP deficit, after an...

Greece
  • Dec 15, 2010
  • 2 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Yields challenge indebted countries

Yields on ten-year US Treasury bonds fell slightly today to 3.42%.

International
  • Dec 13, 2010
  • 6 min read

EUROPE: Welfare state model shrinks under austerity

In order to reduce their deficit and public debt levels, most European countries are in the...

  • Dec 2, 2010
  • 2 min read

GREECE: Short-term measures boost November revenue

The taxman had a good November, after missing collection targets for most of the year, monthly...

Greece
  • Dec 1, 2010
  • 11 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Lisbon Treaty struggles to meet aims

The treaty has introduced a wide range of reforms that have significantly altered the dynamics of...